How To Apply Flashing With A Rolled Roof

Install an asphalt roll surface with polymer bituminous flashing on a low pitched but not flat roof.

How to apply flashing with a rolled roof.

How to install polymer bituminous flashing. How to install roll roofing on low slope roofs. Roll roofing is made from the same asphalt composition material as shingles and it s easier to install. Install drip edge and install 9 cant strips of roll roofing material along the rake and eaves edges gable ends and lower roof edge such that the roofing strip overhangs the roof deck by 1 4 to 3 8.

Visit your local hardware store and ask for enough rolled roofing to fit the area of your roof. Provide 6 inches of overlap under each side of the. An underlayment of felt roofing is optional. It has just one layer so it goes.

There are three systems including glue down torch down and peel and stick. Water can accumulate in the roofing or flashing on a flat roof causing ponding that will eventually result in rotted underlayment and a roof leak. A typical roof has three layers a felt layer and two layers of overlapping shingles. The roofing should overhang the eaves by inch except where you install drip edge flashing on top of the roofing along the rake edge.

Nail the roofing strips parallel to the roof edge set in 1 and 8 from the roof edge with nails spaced 4 o. Prepare roof edges cant strips.